Union Asks EPA to Make Good on Promise to Allow Remote Work

The EPA’s biggest union is pushing the agency to make good on its agreement to allow staffers to work remotely, alleging the agency hasn’t kept its promises and that remote work lets staffers respond faster to emergencies.

“If you have people living close to environmental catastrophes all around the nation, you are going to have a better environmental result if they don’t have to come into the office,” said Nicole Cantello, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 in Chicago. “In rural districts, they can help out with these things so much better than someone’s who’s stationed ...